Position Summary:UTHealth Houston is looking for an enterprise-level Data Engineer to apply rules to datasets, clean data, and create master datasets. You will own the hands-on engineering required to operate the Microsoft Fabric enterprise data foundation and convert approved institutional source data into reusable, governed data products for analytics consumption. The Data Engineer is responsible for the hands-on design, development, implementation, and operation of UTHealth Houston's enterprise data engineering environment using Microsoft Fabric and related technologies such as Purview. This position builds and maintains end-to-end data pipelines and integration patterns; Fabric Lakehouse, Warehouse, and OneLake components; and Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layers, transforming institutional source data into secure, reliable, reusable, and governed enterprise data products. The Data Engineer develops dimensional and analytical data models and implements data quality, reconciliation, lineage, metadata, security, monitoring, CI/CD, and environment-promotion practices. The position works closely with analytics, governance, architecture, security, and business teams to deliver trusted data for Power BI semantic models, enterprise reporting, and governed AI/Copilot use cases while establishing repeatable engineering standards that enable the Enterprise Data Warehouse to scale.
This will be a hybrid role that will come into the office at least two days a week, at our University Center Tower location at Fannin and Pressler. You must be able to do this. You will be a salaried, full-time employee and eligible for all UTHealth Houston benefits.
Position Key Accountabilities:- Design and implement Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers and reusable enterprise/conformed data assets.
- Configure and maintain Fabric workspaces, Lakehouse/Warehouse components, OneLake patterns, pipelines, notebooks/SQL transformations, deployment pipelines, monitoring, and environment promotion.
- Build source ingestion and integration patterns for PeopleSoft, Oracle Fusion, Epic and other approved sources, including batch/API/file/database patterns as applicable.
- Implement data-quality checks, reconciliation, observability, lineage hooks, security patterns, and technical metadata capture.
- Create dimensional/analytical models and collaborate on governed semantic models used by Power BI and AI/Copilot experiences.
- Automate repeatable onboarding and deployment patterns and document technical standards for future data products.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Education:Bachelor's Degree or equivalent (four years) experience in data engineering, computer science, information systems, or related discipline. May substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement.
Minimum Experience:At least 4 years in a related field dealing with data is required. Healthcare or higher-education data experience is desirable, or experience with Microsoft Fabric and Azure is preferred.
Physical Requirements:Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.
Residency Requirement:Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
